Are you ready for the EuP Directive?
The need to integrate environmental design and compliance into your New Product Design process is becoming more urgent
- The EcoDesign Requirements for Energy Using Products (EuP) Directive came into force in August 2007 and provides a framework for setting EcoDesign requirements for any group of products which use energy. EcoDesign requirements for the first fifteen product groups are currently being drawn up, another five product groups are ongoing and the list of the next twenty five product groups to be targeted for action is currently being finalized. The first implementing measures are due in January 2008.
- Customers are placing increasing emphasis on life cycle environmental impacts of products.
At the same time, companies who adopt a best practice approach to environmental design and compliance can gain cost savings and marketing benefits.
EcoDesign Clubs
Environmental Design and Compliance Clubs train and support product design teams to use ENVIRON’s web-based environmental design and compliance systems, so that logging into the web-based system becomes an integral part of the New Product Design process.
Free webcast sponsored by the DBERR Knowledge Transfer Network
Hear from the European Commission, Centre for Sustainable Design and ENVIRON on why electrical and electronics companies need to take action now.
The webcast is about 45 minutes and covers:
- Latest developments in implementing the EuP Directive
Mr Andras Toth, European Commission, DG TREN - Tracking EuP EcoDesign requirements and web-based approach to managing EcoDesign
Dr Aidan Turnbull, Head of EcoDesign, ENVIRON - EcoDesign in the Asian electronics sector
Professor Martin Charter, Centre for Sustainable Design, UCCA
For further information, please contact Dr Aidan Turnbull
Head of WEEE, RoHS & EcoDesign on +44 (0)1225 748420
